Global Perspectives on Trafficking

The following reports discuss the issue of trafficking in women broadly, without focusing on a particular region.  These reports are useful to frame the issue of trafficking generally as a human rights violation and for information about the global dimensions of the problem.

U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Reports for 2001 and 2002.
These reports include an analysis of the level of compliance of various countries (origin, transit and destination) with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, set forth in the U.S. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.

Journeys of Jeopardy: A Review of Research on Trafficking in Women and Children in Europe, International Organization for Migration (IOM), September 2002.
A summary of the report, which includes the table of contents, and information about ordering the complete report are available on-line.

Women as Chattel: The Emerging Global Market in Trafficking, Gender Matters Quarterly No. 1, February 1999, published by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Women in Development.

The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women's Human Rights (1995); Chapter 4 Trafficking of Women and Girls into Forced Prostitution and Coerced Marriage.